2025 Intake Open University of Kenya
2025 Intake Open University of Kenya

Climate Change

Prof. Rodney Rogers (R), President of the Bowling Green State University, USA, poses for a photo with Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) CEO James Njiru (L) in Kisumu on Saturday, May 27, 2023, after he made a historic visit to Kenya. PHOTO/Kefa Otiso.

Bowling Green State University’s President visits Kenya to assess project, meet alumni, and strengthen...

In 2015, BGSU and Kisii University inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote joint research and faculty and student exchanges. At the invitation of Prof. Otiso, the President of BGSU, Prof. Rodney Rodgers, visited...
Charlene Ruto (left) and Anita Soina during a past event by Charlene Ruto Foundation. Soina is a young climate change and environment conservation champion who has chased her passion since childhood. PHOTO/Courtesy.

The Green War: Soina’s impact on environmentalism and politics 

She grew up witnessing the effects of climate change. She started the Soina Foundation. She was recently featured at the UN Water Conference 2023 in New York. In the arid terrain of North Kajiado, where the sun...
MoMo Pencils, a product of recycled newspapers, is a manufacturing company meant to promote waste management and environmental conservation. PHOTO/Courtesy.

MoMo Pencils: Brothers recycling yesterday’s newspapers to today’s pencils

The brothers wanted an eco-friendly venture which would also leave a legacy. The pencils are made in a six-stage procedure. Kenya sells about 300,000 newspapers daily, which contributes to its paper waste that is not...
Volunteers from JamboJet Kenya planting trees in the launch of a partnership between JamboJet and Big Ship CBO. PHOTO/JamboJet.

Kenya: Jambojet joins efforts to plant 15 billion trees

Government's target is to plant 15 billion trees. Different initiatives, companies and individuals are joining the efforts. Millions of hectares of degraded land set to be restored. Kenya has continually borne the brunt of climate change due...
Young people having a joyful moment after training and awarding of grants. The event was courtesy of 10 Billion Strong, Wise Kenya and Green Kenya. PHOTO/WISE Kenya.

Training and grants, a boost to youths combating climate change

The initiative trains leaders for today and tomorrow, equipping them to be changemakers in their areas of service. Climate change effects aversion has been among the major aims of the initiative. Kenya and Tanzania are the...
USAID has been offering aid to Kenya for accessibility of clean water for domestic use, among other types of assistance. PHOTO/USAID.

How US-funded water strategy will benefit Kenya

Global water strategy for Kenya launched earlier this week. USAID 2030 goal is to have three-quarters of the global population with access to safe drinking water. The agency works with Water Service Providers and private sanitation...
Farmers at a coffee farm at Kapseret sub-county, Uasin Gishu county. More farmers in the North Rift Region have turned to coffee farming from maize farming. PHOTO/Edmond Kipngeno, Scholar Media Africa.

AGRIBUSINESS: New dawn as Uasin Gishu farmers shift to coffee farming

Uasin Gishu County is popular in maize farming, with vast lands being farmed and most of the proceeds used commercially and some percentage going to domestic consumption.  A section of the North Rift Region farmers...
A water vendor fetching tapped water. Many parts of Kenya have had acute water shortage due to consecutive dry seasons. PHOTO/ Courtesy.

Food insecurity, diseases, the true cost of climate change

The persistent absence of sufficient rain in Kenya for the past several seasons continues to have more effects on humans. In Kiambu County, it has caused most residential areas to become dusty, and the soil...
Fionah Njeri , a Conservation Model, and the Director, Greener Communities Program. She uses modeling to advocate for environmental conservation. PHOTO/Courtesy.

Njeri: Shaping environmental conservation through modelling

Studies assert that a good number of projects rooted in environmental sustainability involve replanting forests, preserving wetlands, and protecting natural areas from resource harvesting. One of the most significant environmental problems today is outdoor air...
A woman fetching water. Millions of Kenyans have no access to clean water. The Water Project is determined to reduce the number by providing access to clean water for human and animal consumption. PHOTO/Courtesy.

Hopes high in Vihiga as The Water Project, county, ink MOU

Situated on Africa’s eastern coast, Kenya is typically a very humid country with intermittent water shortages brought on by current global warming, which also causes significant drought and flooding in various regions.  The situation is...